About Manuel
Dr. Manuel Evangelista offers direct, calm support for adults who are anxious, overwhelmed, or facing specific fears such as phobias. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters day to day.
People who want to make sense of distress and build steady coping skills will find a practical style and an emphasis on meaning and acceptance. He draws on 21 years of clinical experience as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Utah.
Background and approach
His work mixes ideas from mindfulness and western neuroscience with human-centered listening. Sessions often include reflective conversation, breathing and awareness practices, and help identifying values that guide small, manageable changes. Dr.
Evangelista has worked with issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and phobias. He also addresses matters like sleep, eating, intimacy, and career stress. He frames struggles as part of the human experience and helps people tolerate hard feelings while moving toward clearer goals.
Clients can expect a collaborative flow: noticing patterns, trying out new behaviors, and checking what helps. He can coordinate with prescribers when medication is part of care. His approach is informed by both clinical training and personal experience with trauma and mindfulness practice.
Therapy is offered with practical aims - calmer days, fewer avoidant behaviors, and more consistent routines. Conversations are plain and paced to the person. The focus is on steady progress rather than instant fixes.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, phobias, and patterns of avoidance because it focuses on meaningful living rather than only symptom control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how unhelpful thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change those patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, and sleep or eating concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with people about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where the client and therapist decide together which strategies to keep using and which to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be a simpler option with less bandwidth, and text or chat can support quick check-ins or continuing progress between sessions. These options aim to give flexible ways to build routine, practice skills, and work through fears like phobias without adding travel time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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